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UNITED STATES PATENT Cirilo.

FRANCIS J. HAGE, SR., OF GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

HERNIAL TRUSS.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,999, dated April 16,1901.

Application iiled December 3l, 1900. Serial No. 41,717. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be itknown that I, FRANoIs J. HAGE, Sr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Goldsboro, in the county of Wayne and State of' NorthCarolina, have i-nvented a new and useful Truss, of which the followingis a specilication.

-This invention relates to improvements in trusses; and the object is toprovide a simple, cheap, and comfortable truss for successfullyarresting either single or double hernia, which may be readily adjusted, and which will cause absolutely no inconvenience, pain, orannoyance to the wearer.

With the above object in View the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described, particularlypointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a front View of my trussin position uponthe body of a wearer; Fig. 2, a rear view of the same; Fig. 3, a View ofthe truss detached, and Fig. 4 a sectional view through the bandage ofthe truss.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A designates the frontor bandage portion of my improved truss, which is of such size and shapeas to cover the lower portion of the abdomen. This bandage or frontportion Ais elongated at its upper edge and at its respective endstoform oppositely-extending waistband-sections B B, designed to beplaced about the waist of the wearer, crossed at the back, and broughtaround the body again to the front thereof, as illustrated in Figs. land 2. Bandage A and sections B B are formed oftwo pieces of material ofthe same outline, placed flatly in contact, and secured by stitching thesame along the edges thereof. A piece of haircloth or similar material Cis placed between the two pieces of material comprising the bandage forthe purpose of stiffening the same and giving to it a certain amountof'elasticity.

Secured to the ends of waistband-sections B B are straps D D', strapDbeing considerably longer than strap D', and each of said straps isprovided at its fr ee end with a buttonhole E.

Waistband-sections B B are provided with buttons F F, which when thetruss is in position upon the wearer are disposed at the back portion ofthe body.

Bandage A is formed at its lower edge with a recess G to t around theupper portion of the penis and with two depending portions y H Hextending downwardly, one on each side of the penis, and passing beneaththe crotch of the wearer. The bandage A, waistbandsections B B, anddepending crotch portions H H are all formed integrally, as will be seenfrom the drawings.

Secured to the ends of crotch portions H H are straps I I, which passbeneath the crotch and are brought upwardly at the back of the wearerand at their ends attached to buttons F F of the waistband-sections B B,being formed with buttonholes J .I for this purpose.

The truss, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, is applied to a hernia onthe right side of the body, and the longer strap D is carried around theright thigh and secured at its end to the bandage A by having itsbuttonhole E receive a button K, carried by the lower portion of thebandage. Strap D is secured at its end to a button L, also carried bythe bandage.

To adapt the truss 'for a hernia upon the left side of the body, th'eformer is simply reversed and placed with what is its inner side in Fig.l out, so as to bring the longer strap D on the left side of the body.

A truss constructed as above set forth is eX- ceedingly comfortable tothe wearer, as there is no eXtra pressure or friction, but sufiicienteven pressure to thoroughly arrest the hernia. It is also simple inconstruction, capable of quick and convenient adjustment, and when onceadjusted needs no. further adjustment and may be worn both during theday and night and when soiled washed to cleanse the same without injurythereto. Besides, it it light and elastic, so as to permit free movementof the body, and maybe manufactured and sold at a very small price, soas to be within the reach of all sufferers from hernia.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A1. A truss comprising a bandage having straps adapted to bepassedaround the waist to the back and crossed and brought back to thefron t,fastening means carried bythe bandage and the ends of said strapsfor attaching the latter to the former, one of said straps being of asucient length to pass around the thigh before being attached to thebandage,

straps extending from the lower portion of the bandage and adapted to bepassed under the crotch and upward at the back of the wearer, andfastening means carried by the waist-straps and the ends of thecrotch-straps whereby the latter may be attached to the former,substantially as described.

2. A truss comprising a front portion or bandage of a size and shapeadapted to fit the lower portion of the abdomen, waistband-sectionscarried by said bandage and of a length to be passed around the waist tothe back aud crossed and returned to the front of the body,

